Another HOF nickname quiz

[Dodgerfan1]

Sick of these yet? Yes? Then don't play along. Some are simple, some not so simple. Yes, they're all easily looked up, but how many nicknames can you get without cheating? I still can't believe Koufax had no nickname....

Nap Lajoie:
Connie Mack:
Frank Chance:
Roger Bresnahan:
Jesse Burkett:
Jack Chesbro:
Johnny Evers:
Joe McGinnity:
Carl Hubbell:
Mickey Cochrane:
Frank Frisch:
Herb Pennock:
Charlie Gehringer:
Jimmie Foxx (two main nicknames):
Mel Ott:
Harry Heilmann:
Zack Wheat:
Max Carey:
Bob Feller:
Luke Appling:
Burleigh Grimes:
Joe Medwick:
Waite Hoyt:
Earle Combs:
Jesse Haines:
Dave Bancroft:
George Kelly:
Jim Bottomley:
Whitey Ford:
Duke Snider:
Branch Rickey:
John Mize:
Juan Marichal:
Luis Aparicio:
Al Simmons:
Ray Schalk:
Hank Greenberg:
Ernie Lombardi:
Willie Stargell:
Don Drysdale:
Pee Wee Reese:
Tony Lazzeri:
John McGraw:
Hal Newhouser:
Phil Rizzuto:
Phil Niekro:
Orlando Cepeda:

[Disgruntaledmarinerfan]

Rogers Hornsby- Rajah

[Dodgerfan1]

Rogers Hornsby- Rajah

Thanks for that. Hornsby wasn't on my list. lol :laugh

I tried to list ones a little tougher than that.

[Disgruntaledmarinerfan]

oops... my bad, I thought I saw his name on the long list, Agian I apologize for my blunder.

[Erik Bedard]

Foxx: Double X/The Beast
Bancroft: Beauty
McGinnity: Iron Man
Hubbell: The Meal Ticket
Grimes: Ol' Stubblebeard
Haines: Pop
Ford: The Chairman of the Board
Frisch: The Fordham Flash
Mize: The Big Cat (?)
Marichal: The Dominican Dandy
Aparicio: Little Louie
Simmons: Bucketfoot Al
Greenberg: Moe (generally given to Jewish ballplayers of the day)
Lombardi: Schnozz
Stargell: Pops
Reese: The Little General (?) (Pee Wee wasn't the name on his birth certificate, was it?)
Lazzeri: Poosh 'Em Up Tony
Rizzuto: Scooter
Cepeda: Bull

[Dodgerfan1]

Hey, no problem at all! I was just having fun with you. I know these kinds of quizzes have been done many times, but I think this one's a tiny bit tougher than average HOF quizzes. No Ruth, no Gehrig, no Cobb, etc. We all know those nicknames. Those kind are no fun, IMO. Too easy.

[Disgruntaledmarinerfan]

I think Don Drysdale was Big D.

[Erik Bedard]

Mel Ott's nickname is right on the tip of my tongue... man, this is annoying.

[Erik Bedard]

Snider: The Duke of Flatbush

[Dodgerfan1]

So far, we have:

Nap Lajoie:
Connie Mack:
Frank Chance:
Roger Bresnahan:
Jesse Burkett:
Jack Chesbro:
Johnny Evers:
Joe McGinnity: Iron Man
Carl Hubbell: The Meal Ticket (He was also called King Carl)
Mickey Cochrane:
Frank Frisch: The Fordham Flash
Herb Pennock:
Charlie Gehringer:
Jimmie Foxx (two main nicknames): Double X/The Beast
Mel Ott:
Harry Heilmann:
Zack Wheat:
Max Carey:
Bob Feller:
Luke Appling:
Burleigh Grimes: Ol' Stubblebeard
Joe Medwick:
Waite Hoyt:
Earle Combs:
Jesse Haines: Pop
Dave Bancroft: Beauty
George Kelly:
Jim Bottomley:
Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board
Duke Snider: The Duke of Flatbush (also known as The Silver Fox)
Branch Rickey:
John Mize: The Big Cat (also Big Jawn)
Juan Marichal: The Dominican Dandy
Luis Aparicio: Little Louie
Al Simmons: Bucketfoot Al
Ray Schalk:
Hank Greenberg:
Ernie Lombardi: Schnozz
Willie Stargell: Pops
Don Drysdale: Big D
Pee Wee Reese:
Tony Lazzeri: Poosh 'Em Up Tony
John McGraw:
Hal Newhouser:
Phil Rizzuto: Scooter
Phil Niekro:
Orlando Cepeda:

[ElHalo]

Nap Lajoie:
Connie Mack: The Tall Tactition
Frank Chance: The Peerless Leader
Roger Bresnahan: The Duke of Tralee
Jesse Burkett:
Jack Chesbro:
Johnny Evers:
Joe McGinnity: Iron Man
Carl Hubbell: The Meal Ticket
Mickey Cochrane: Black Mike
Frank Frisch: Fordham Flash (it's where I went to grad school, so I should know)
Herb Pennock: The Knight of Kennet Square
Charlie Gehringer: The Mechanical Man
Jimmie Foxx (two main nicknames): The Beast, Double X
Mel Ott: Master Melvin (my grandmother's second favorite player as a kid)
Harry Heilmann: Slug
Zack Wheat: Buck
Max Carey: Scoops
Bob Feller: Rapid Robert
Luke Appling: Ol' Aches and Pains
Burleigh Grimes:Ol' Stubblebeard
Joe Medwick: Ducky Wucky (yeah, Ducky Wucky; most books leave off the second part)
Waite Hoyt: Schoolboy
Earle Combs: The Kentucky Colonel
Jesse Haines:
Dave Bancroft: Beauty
George Kelly: Highpockets (I always make it a point to only refer to him as this)
Jim Bottomley: Sunny Jim
Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board
Duke Snider: The Duke of Flatbush / The Silver Fox (the former was much, MUCH more popular)
Branch Rickey: Mahatma
John Mize: The Big Cat
Juan Marichal: The Dominican Dandy
Luis Aparicio:
Al Simmons: Bucketfoot
Ray Schalk:
Hank Greenberg: Hammering Hank
Ernie Lombardi: Schnozz
Willie Stargell: Pops
Don Drysdale:
Pee Wee Reese:
Tony Lazzeri: Pooooosh 'Em Up Tony
John McGraw: Little Napolean
Hal Newhouser: Prince Hal
Phil Rizzuto: Scooter
Phil Niekro: Knucksie
Orlando Cepeda: Cha Cha

[Dodgerfan1]

Wow, El Halo nailed a BUNCH of them. Between him and EB (with an assist from Disgruntaledmarinerfan), we almost have them all. PS: El Halo, you were VERY close with Waite Hoyt's nickname. And Eric was very close on Reese.

Looks like we now have:

Nap Lajoie:
Connie Mack: The Tall Tactition
Frank Chance: The Peerless Leader (aka Husk)
Roger Bresnahan: The Duke of Tralee
Jesse Burkett:
Jack Chesbro:
Johnny Evers:
Joe McGinnity: Iron Man
Carl Hubbell: The Meal Ticket (He was also called King Carl)
Mickey Cochrane: Black Mike
Frank Frisch: The Fordham Flash
Herb Pennock: The Knight of Kennet Square
Charlie Gehringer: The Mechanical Man ("Just wind him up in April and he hits .340.")
Jimmie Foxx (two main nicknames): Double X/The Beast
Mel Ott: Master Melvin
Harry Heilmann: Slug
Zack Wheat: Buck
Max Carey: Scoops
Bob Feller: Rapid Robert
Luke Appling: Ol' Aches and Pains
Burleigh Grimes: Ol' Stubblebeard
Joe Medwick: Ducky Wucky (I'm impressed you knew his ENTIRE nickname. He was also known as 'Muscles')
Waite Hoyt:
Earle Combs: The Kentucky Colonel
Jesse Haines: Pop
Dave Bancroft: Beauty
George Kelly: Highpockets
Jim Bottomley: Sunny Jim
Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board
Duke Snider: The Duke of Flatbush (also known as The Silver Fox)
Branch Rickey: The Mahatma
John Mize: The Big Cat (also Big Jawn)
Juan Marichal: The Dominican Dandy
Luis Aparicio: Little Louie
Al Simmons: Bucketfoot Al
Ray Schalk:
Hank Greenberg: Hammering Hank
Ernie Lombardi: Schnozz
Willie Stargell: Pops
Don Drysdale: Big D
Pee Wee Reese:
Tony Lazzeri: Poosh 'Em Up Tony
John McGraw: Little Napolean
Hal Newhouser: Prince Hal
Phil Rizzuto: Scooter
Phil Niekro: Knucksie
Orlando Cepeda: Cha Cha (also The Baby Bull)

[Trivia Guy]

Johnny Evers was know as "The Crab", I think.

[Dodgerfan1]

Johnny Evers was know as "The Crab", I think.

You are correct! He was known as the crab, for his dour demeanor. He was also known as The Trojan (I guess to 'cover' his dour demeanor?) :rolleyes:

Here we have:

Nap Lajoie:
Connie Mack: The Tall Tactition
Frank Chance: The Peerless Leader (aka Husk)
Roger Bresnahan: The Duke of Tralee
Jesse Burkett:
Jack Chesbro:
Johnny Evers: The Crab (aka The Trojan)
Joe McGinnity: Iron Man
Carl Hubbell: The Meal Ticket (He was also called King Carl)
Mickey Cochrane: Black Mike
Frank Frisch: The Fordham Flash
Herb Pennock: The Knight of Kennet Square
Charlie Gehringer: The Mechanical Man ("Just wind him up in April and he hits .340.")
Jimmie Foxx (two main nicknames): Double X/The Beast
Mel Ott: Master Melvin
Harry Heilmann: Slug
Zack Wheat: Buck
Max Carey: Scoops
Bob Feller: Rapid Robert
Luke Appling: Ol' Aches and Pains
Burleigh Grimes: Ol' Stubblebeard
Joe Medwick: Ducky Wucky (I'm impressed you knew his ENTIRE nickname. He was also known as 'Muscles')
Waite Hoyt:
Earle Combs: The Kentucky Colonel
Jesse Haines: Pop
Dave Bancroft: Beauty
George Kelly: Highpockets
Jim Bottomley: Sunny Jim
Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board
Duke Snider: The Duke of Flatbush (also known as The Silver Fox)
Branch Rickey: The Mahatma
John Mize: The Big Cat (also Big Jawn)
Juan Marichal: The Dominican Dandy
Luis Aparicio: Little Louie
Al Simmons: Bucketfoot Al
Ray Schalk:
Hank Greenberg: Hammering Hank
Ernie Lombardi: Schnozz
Willie Stargell: Pops
Don Drysdale: Big D
Pee Wee Reese:
Tony Lazzeri: Poosh 'Em Up Tony
John McGraw: Little Napolean
Hal Newhouser: Prince Hal
Phil Rizzuto: Scooter
Phil Niekro: Knucksie
Orlando Cepeda: Cha Cha (also The Baby Bull)

[RuthMayBond]

You are correct! He was known as the crab, for his dour demeanor. He was also known as The Trojan (I guess to 'cover' his dour demeanor?) :rolleyes:

Here we have:

Nap Lajoie:
Connie Mack: The Tall Tactition
Frank Chance: The Peerless Leader (aka Husk)
Roger Bresnahan: The Duke of Tralee
Jesse Burkett: he was the crab also
Jack Chesbro: happy Jack?
Johnny Evers: The Crab (aka The Trojan)
Joe McGinnity: Iron Man
Carl Hubbell: The Meal Ticket (He was also called King Carl)
Mickey Cochrane: Black Mike
Frank Frisch: The Fordham Flash
Herb Pennock: The Knight of Kennet Square
Charlie Gehringer: The Mechanical Man ("Just wind him up in April and he hits .340.")
Jimmie Foxx (two main nicknames): Double X/The Beast
Mel Ott: Master Melvin
Harry Heilmann: Slug
Zack Wheat: Buck
Max Carey: Scoops
Bob Feller: Rapid Robert
Luke Appling: Ol' Aches and Pains
Burleigh Grimes: Ol' Stubblebeard
Joe Medwick: Ducky Wucky (I'm impressed you knew his ENTIRE nickname. He was also known as 'Muscles')
Waite Hoyt: schoolmaster (schoolboy was Rowe)
Earle Combs: The Kentucky Colonel
Jesse Haines: Pop
Dave Bancroft: Beauty
George Kelly: Highpockets
Jim Bottomley: Sunny Jim
Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board
Duke Snider: The Duke of Flatbush (also known as The Silver Fox)
Branch Rickey: The Mahatma
John Mize: The Big Cat (also Big Jawn)
Juan Marichal: The Dominican Dandy
Luis Aparicio: Little Louie
Al Simmons: Bucketfoot Al
Ray Schalk:
Hank Greenberg: Hammering Hank
Ernie Lombardi: Schnozz
Willie Stargell: Pops
Don Drysdale: Big D
Pee Wee Reese:
Tony Lazzeri: Poosh 'Em Up Tony
John McGraw: Little Napolean
Hal Newhouser: Prince Hal
Phil Rizzuto: Scooter
Phil Niekro: Knucksie
Orlando Cepeda: Cha Cha (also The Baby Bull)

[milladrive]

Larry Lajoie

[ironman]

Napoleon: King, Nap, Poli
Schalk: Cracker

[milladrive]

I do believe Larry was another one of Lajoie's nicknames, but I could be mistaken.

I think Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese was sometimes known as The Little Colonel.

[ElHalo]

I'm actually a big fan of baseball nicknames; my favorite player ever had one of the better ones (actually, two of them; plus his given name was pretty cool as well):

Johnny Leonard Roosevelt "Pepper" Martin: The Wild Horse of the Osage

[Dodgerfan1]

I'm actually a big fan of baseball nicknames; my favorite player ever had one of the better ones (actually, two of them; plus his given name was pretty cool as well):

Johnny Leonard Roosevelt "Pepper" Martin: The Wild Horse of the Osage

I'm a fan of them too. I've always found it fun trying to figure out how the player got that nickname. Some are obvious and some are just bizarre. You sure seem to know your nicknames, though!!

[Dodgerfan1]

Okay, I think we got 'em all now. Thanks to all who indulged me on yet another nickname game. We had a couple of people who were very close on the nickname of Waite Hoyt, so I just filled it in below. RMB and Milladrive filled in most of the rest, with Iron Man receiving credit for getting Schalk's nickname of Cracker. Yes, there are two HOFers whose nickname is 'Crab'.

Nap Lajoie: Larry
Connie Mack: The Tall Tactition
Frank Chance: The Peerless Leader (aka Husk)
Roger Bresnahan: The Duke of Tralee
Jesse Burkett: The Crab
Jack Chesbro: Happy Jack
Johnny Evers: The Crab (aka The Trojan)
Joe McGinnity: Iron Man
Carl Hubbell: The Meal Ticket (He was also called King Carl)
Mickey Cochrane: Black Mike
Frank Frisch: The Fordham Flash
Herb Pennock: The Knight of Kennett Square
Charlie Gehringer: The Mechanical Man ("Just wind him up in April and he hits .340.")
Jimmie Foxx (two main nicknames): Double X/The Beast
Mel Ott: Master Melvin
Harry Heilmann: Slug
Zack Wheat: Buck
Max Carey: Scoops
Bob Feller: Rapid Robert
Luke Appling: Ol' Aches and Pains
Burleigh Grimes: Ol' Stubblebeard
Joe Medwick: Ducky Wucky (I'm impressed you knew his ENTIRE nickname. He was also known as 'Muscles')
Waite Hoyt: The Brooklyn Schoolboy
Earle Combs: The Kentucky Colonel
Jesse Haines: Pop
Dave Bancroft: Beauty
George Kelly: Highpockets
Jim Bottomley: Sunny Jim
Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board
Duke Snider: The Duke of Flatbush (also known as The Silver Fox)
Branch Rickey: The Mahatma
John Mize: The Big Cat (also Big Jawn)
Juan Marichal: The Dominican Dandy
Luis Aparicio: Little Looie (not a typo)
Al Simmons: Bucketfoot Al
Ray Schalk: Cracker
Hank Greenberg: Hammering Hank
Ernie Lombardi: Schnozz
Willie Stargell: Pops
Don Drysdale: Big D
Pee Wee Reese: The Little Colonel
Tony Lazzeri: Poosh 'Em Up
John McGraw: Little Napoleon/Mugsy (don't ever use that one to his face, though!!)
Hal Newhouser: Prince Hal
Phil Rizzuto: Scooter
Phil Niekro: Knucksie
Orlando Cepeda: Cha Cha (also The Baby Bull)